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WGUS86 KSEW 301312
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
512 AM PST FRI JAN 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON AT 115 PM PST.
WAC045-302115-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260131T1800Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.260129T1650Z.260130T1200Z.260131T0900Z.NO/
512 AM PST FRI JAN 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.5 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF PASTURE LANDS, WITH WATER FLOWING QUICKLY OVER WEST
BOURGAULT ROAD AND SKOKOMISH VALLEY ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- THE RIVER IS CRESTING NEAR 17.0 FEET AT 5 AM PST FRIDAY.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING INTO
THURSDAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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